WVC 60 A- 10 - 13
§60A-10-13. Exposure of first responders to manufacture
methamphetamine; penalties.
Any person who, as a result of or in the course of unlawfully
and intentionally manufacturing methamphetamine, causes a police
officer, probation officer, humane officer, emergency medical
service personnel, firefighter, state fire marshal or employee,
division of forestry employee, county correctional employee or
state correctional employee acting in his or her official capacity
to ingest, inhale or be dermally exposed to a chemical, product,
byproduct, residue or substance involved in the manufacture or
attempted manufacture of such controlled substance, without prior
knowledge of such, and thereby causes bodily injury to such
persons, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than five
thousand dollars and confined in a correctional facility for not
less than one year nor more than five years. A violation of this
section shall constitute a separate offense from the manufacture or
attempt to manufacture methamphetamine.

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